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Do you know of Greeley ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Greeley. When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope that we'll discover more information in the future. Such is the case with Greeley.

Unfortunately, we didn't note our source when we found mention of Greeley, so we are uncertain whether Greeley is a community, a post office or a post office located in a community and having the same name. While we don't have its location, we believe that Greeley would be found somewhere in Alpena County, Michigan.

This entry could have originated in error. It might be that a source had a misprint, was simply wrong or we made a transcription error while referencing it. Many of the documents we reference are from the 1800s and the early 1900s, with some easier to read than others.

Part of the difficulty in identifying whether a name is a post office or a community lies with how Post Offices were named. We've prepared an article with our understanding of how post offices were named: Naming of Post Offices.

Communities Also Named Greeley ...

We found thirteen communities that share the name Greeley.

Within Michigan, the name Greeley is unique.

Beyond Michigan, we know of another thirteen communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these thirteen communities, twelve are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Tuscaloosa County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Greeley [Tuscaloosa County].
    • British Columbia
      • Please visit our profile page for the British Columbia community of Greeley.
    • California
      • Kern County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the California community of Greeley [Kern County].
    • Colorado
      • Weld County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Colorado community of Greeley [Weld County].
    • Iowa
      • Delaware County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Iowa community of Greeley [Delaware County].
    • Kansas
      • Anderson County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Greeley [Anderson County].
      • Greeley County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Greeley [Greeley County].
      • Sedgwick County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Greeley [Sedgwick County].
    • Kentucky
      • Lee County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Greeley [Lee County].
    • Minnesota
      • Carlton County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Minnesota community of Greeley [Carlton County].
    • Missouri
      • Reynolds County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Greeley [Reynolds County].
    • Nebraska
      • Greeley County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Nebraska community of Greeley [Greeley County].
    • Pennsylvania
      • Pike County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Greeley [Pike County].

More Orphans in  Alpena County ...

Can you help?

As we explained above, when we encounter a name that might be a community or a post office we add it to our Gazetteer. If we have little information to go with the name, we call them Orphans. Below are Orphans that we believe to be located in Alpena County.

Beebe SpurKing
Bullock 
 Lyle
Canfield 
Cedar SpurMcQueen Spur
Cranberry SpurMcSorley
  
DafoeOrchard Hill
  
EmersonPaisley
  
Fletcher JunctionRayburn
Fletcher 
 Selina
GodfreyStinsons
  
HawaseeTruax
Hillman CrossingTurnbull
Hillman Junction 
 Walburg
Kerston 

Footnotes ...

<1>If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.

Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.

Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.

Also keep in mind that Greeley could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.









 

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